TR-1 Notification

RNS Number : 1039U

British American Tobacco PLC

18 June 2009

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

18 June 2009

 

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c. received the following notification on 17 June 2009:-

 

QUOTE

 

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

 

1.      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

 

2.      Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (Yes)

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other (please specify):

 

3.      Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

 

4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

 

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

 

5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 16 June 2009

 

6.   Date on which issuer notified:   17 June 2009

 

7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

Below 5% (Group)

Below 5% (LGIM)

 

8.   Notified details:

 

A. Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD   GBP 0.25	100,685,501	100,685,501	Below 5%

 

B. Qualifying Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights

 

C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights

 

                                      Below 5%

 

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position)   Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position)   Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position)   Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (90,172,037 – 4.51% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (74,212,656 – 3.71% = PMC)  Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (74,212,656 – 3.71% = PMC)  Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)   Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

Proxy voting

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

N/A

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

N/A

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

 

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,996,322,045

 

Contact name:

 

14. Helen Lewis (LGIM)

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 3124 3851

 

UNQUOTE

 

A E Griffiths

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

 

Tel: [phone]

 

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